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Yasemin Vatan

Yasemin Vatan

Irvine,CA

Summary

Trusted GIS Analyst with more than 9 years of experience helping exploration projects for Metallic Mining Industries. Dedicated to maintaining strict compliance with governmental standards and business goals. Contributes to vital projects, providing valuable services without disrupting local citizenry or wildlife. Learned in latest GIS techniques to create safe, optimally efficient installations. Accomplished at providing technical feedback on both domestic and international projects.

Successful Senior Geographic Database Administrator with more than 9 years of experience in database development and production environments. Areas of expertise include maintenance and security. Proactive in establishing backup and recovery processes and protocols to protect and retain valuable company data.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior GIS Consultant

Self Employed
09.2017 - Current
  • Managed a book of business and client pipeline, consulting various organizations on GIS-related

projects, as an industrial professional.

  • Wrote technical reports and presentations to standardize best practices regarding Quality

Assurance and Quality Control (QAQC) thereby informing organizations.

  • Designed and delivered various training sessions for Geologists for proper use of GIS equipment

and 3D modeling software.

Chief of Database and GIS Department

YILDIZLAR SSS HOLDING
06.2012 - 12.2016
  • Controlling and managing quality of information from field to Database, and managed over 100.000 dataset
  • Coordinate with database administrators and ensure availability of all gis applications as per company's requirement and perform troubleshoot on system on regular basis to resolve all issues,
  • Coordinate and ensure QAQC process all aspects of maintenance of geological database,
  • Provide training for geologist and company’s laboratory's staff about specific gravity measurements,
  • Prepare QAQC and sample preparation procedure for laboratories of Yildizlar Holding,
  • Determined performance goals for departmental employees and provided feedback on methods for reaching those milestones ensure prompt delivery of validated and error free information resource modelling team,
  • Reviewed and checked surface models by comparing control points on ground with field equipment readings.
  • Achieved cost-savings by developing functional solutions to unverified exploration data and QA/QC problems
  • Leveraged MapInfo to input and compile data gathered from various sources,
  • Provided IT and software trouble-shooting support to rest of organization
  • Defined strategies and created plan to achieve ambitious operational objectives
  • Demonstrated leadership by making improvements to work processes and helping to train others
  • Created new programs that resulted in increasing productivity and company's satisfaction
  • Coordinated with unit leadership and direct superiors for taskings and managed subordinates to exec

Consultant

SRK Consulting
01.2012 - 04.2012
  • Providing database administrator service to ensure successful delivery of projects,
  • Assisting with database aspect of multi-disciplinary project development studies,
  • Assisting with designing and building mining database,
  • Site visit to client operations to review drilling, sampling and data management protocols and procedures
  • Review Quality Assurance/ Quality Control (“QA/QC”) procedures
  • Validation of historical database
  • Review historical protocols and procedures including QA/QC
  • Collate and review complete database (historical and recent) and identify potential gaps, duplicates and errors in data to include:
    Mapping,Sampling,Density Measurements,Drilling, trenching, assays results and assay - certificates,Topography
  • Provide recommendations for improved data management and operational procedures to successfully built datasets.
  • Provide recommendations to support on-going drilling programme, considering any further validation requirements with respect to historical data
  • Training to client geological staff on technical aspects of work to ensure that all future work is in line with best international practices, to include:
    - Logging and sampling,
    - Database management
    -QA/QC procedures
    - Database validation
  • Analyzed problematic areas to provide recommendations and solutions.
  • Delivered outstanding service to clients to maintain and extend relationship for future business opportunities.

Deputy Chief of Mining Database and GIS Department

YILDIZLAR SSS HOLDING
04.2011 - 11.2011
  • Review database, QC steps and data corroboration procedures for any failure to corroborate data,
  • Exceeded company satisfaction by finding creative solutions to problems
  • Coordinated individual duties after careful evaluation of each employee's skill level and knowledge.
  • Interceded between employees during arguments and diffused tense situations.
  • Provided excellent service and attention to customers when face-to-face or through e-mail conversations
  • Provided IT and software trouble-shooting support to rest of organization
  • Juggled multiple projects and tasks to ensure high quality and timely delivery

Database Administrator

TUPRAG METAL MADENCILIK ELDORADO GOLD CORP
06.2006 - 09.2010
  • Review historical database,
  • Built databases and table structures for web applications.
  • Determine and enter missing historical data,
  • Prepare data forms according to NI43101 procedures,
  • Follow daily routines of database department,
  • Worked with staff to develop and implement procedures to prevent data loss and maximize system availability.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science (USI TRANSFER)

Irvine Valley College
Irvine, CA
05.2026

High School Diploma -

Bornova Suphikoyuncuoğlu Lisesi
İzmir Turkey
01.1996

Skills

  • Bilingual
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
  • Complaint Management
  • Travel Arrangements
  • Office Organization
  • Geographic Mapping Data Collection
  • Professional Relationships
  • Team Meetings
  • Organizational Standards
  • Workflow Processes
  • Client Correspondence
  • Field Data Collection
  • Employee Performance Reviews
  • Employee Engagement
  • Digital Mapping
  • Training Initiatives
  • Documentation Support
  • Customer Satisfaction
  • Project Requirements

Affiliations

  • Turkish Association of Economic Geologist (member of European Federation of Geologist)
  • Turkish Taekwondo Federation
  • Turkish Underwater Sports Federation

CERTIFICATIONS AND TRAININGS

  • 2007 Nov
    Alteration Minerals, Anna J Thompson
  • 2008 Jun.
    Laboratory Methods and Quality Control Procedures and Interpretation, Dr Barry Smee, Smee & Associates Consulting Ltd.
  • 2009 May
    Sql Basic, Devinim Software Education
  • 2009 June - July
    Sql Advanced, Devinim Software Education
  • 2009 April
    Advanced First Aid, Gürkan Sönmez
  • 2010 May
    Plate Tectonics and Tectonics of Turkey, Dr.Ilkay Kuşçu
  • 2010 May
    Metallogeny and Metallogenic Evolution of Turkey, Dr. İlkay Kusçu
  • 2011 September Environmental Politics and Law, John Wargo, Yale University
  • 2013 February
    Remote Sensing and GIS ,Dr. Arda Arcasoy, Turkish Association of Economic Geologist
  • 2013 March
    Mining Geochemistry, Prof Dr İlkay Kuşçu, Turkish Association of Economic Geologist
  • 2013 March
    3D modeling in Discover 3D, Chris Jenkins Pitney Bowes Software
  • 2014 November – 2016 May
    Database Administration, Database Training Academy, NY, USA
  • 2014 January
    Ni Formation in Turkey, Ferda Öner, Turkish Association of Economic Geologist
  • 2014 February Risk Analyses and Management of Mining Chemicals, Prof.Dr.Ali Esat Karakaya, Gazi University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Toxicology
  • 2014 March
    Dynamic and Static Models for Reserve / Resource Estimation, Hayati Koyuncu, Jeodijital Ltd.Şt
  • 2023 April to 2023 December CS50's Web Programming with Python and JavaScript, Harvard University
  • 2023 May to 2023 September Dog Training,Boğaziçi Campus








Refrences

  • Bob Suda

Former Vice President, Exploration FDG Mining Inc Address in Canada

404 – 815 Hornby St. Vancouver, BC V6Z 2E6 Tel: 604-684-2474 Direct Tel: 509-869-4915

  • Anita Gwatlioe Tjan

Lecturer, Department of Foreign Languages Erzurum Atatürk University Turkey

Direct Tel: +905379989748 anita.tjan@gmail.com

  • H. Nejat Utkucu

Former Vice Chairman of Tüprag Metal Madencilik AŞ, TURKEY

Direct Tel: +90-533-595- 1036 utkucu@yahoo.com

  • Paul W. Kuhn

CEO of Avrupa Minerals in Portugual

Tel: +351-253274070 paulk@avrupaminerals.com

Timeline

Senior GIS Consultant

Self Employed
09.2017 - Current

Chief of Database and GIS Department

YILDIZLAR SSS HOLDING
06.2012 - 12.2016

Consultant

SRK Consulting
01.2012 - 04.2012

Deputy Chief of Mining Database and GIS Department

YILDIZLAR SSS HOLDING
04.2011 - 11.2011

Database Administrator

TUPRAG METAL MADENCILIK ELDORADO GOLD CORP
06.2006 - 09.2010

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science (USI TRANSFER)

Irvine Valley College

High School Diploma -

Bornova Suphikoyuncuoğlu Lisesi
Yasemin Vatan